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E. LESLI R I v IGE'AND SNOW PLOW FOR RAILROAD TRACKS. 1 Io.380,042.

Patented Mar. 27'. 1883;

I UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD- LESLIE, or ORANGEVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ICE AND SNOW PLOW FOR, RAILROAD-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,042, dated March 27, 1888. Application filed July 2, 1887. Serial No. 243,251. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD LESLIE, of the town of Orangeville, in the county of Dufferin, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, gentleman, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Ice and Snow Plow for Railroad- Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design an effective ice and snow plow which will loosen any hardened snow or ice immediately next to the track and remove the snow and ice in proximity to the inside of the rail and discharge the same a sufiicient distance from the track to prevent it falling back; and it consists, essentially, in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a car-truck provided with my improved ice and snow plow.- Fig. 2 is aperspective detail of the frame on which the ice-plows and railscrapers are attached. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the frame on'which the 'flangers are attached.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

A represents the front axle of the truck.

B are arms attached to or forming part of the frame 0, and provided with suitable boxes to journal onthe front axle, A, as shown.

D are plows attached to the frame 0 in such a position that when the said frame is dropped down the plows will project below the rails close to the inside of each rail.

E are scrapers attached to and extending outwardly from the plows Din such a position that when the frame 0 is dropped down the scrapers E will rest upon the top surface of the rail immediately in front of the wheels F, which are attached to the axle A.

G is a crank-shaft suitably journaled on the truck-frame H, and provided with a lever, I, as shown. The cranks a of the shaft G are connected by suitable links to the frame 0, so that by moving the lever I the frame 0 may be raised or lowered, as required.

J are flangers, curved as shown, and rigidly secured to the frame K, which is provided with arms L, journaled on the axle M. It will be noticed that the flangers have each a downwardprojection, b, extending below the rails immediately next to the inside of each rail, so

as to gather up the snow and ice loosened by.

the plows D and discharge themover the rail clear of the wheels, the curved form of, the

fiangers J constituting a spout which will convey the loosened ice and snow away from the rail, as specified. As theflangers J and frame K,to which they are connected,are very heavy, I prefer to provide steam-power for raising and lowering the flangers. With that object I provide a steam-cylinder, N, and connect its.

piston-rod O to one end of the beam P, the other end of which is suitably connectedt-o the frame K by the linkQ, which is so connected to the said frame K as to permit the lateral movement of the said frame without affecting the piston-rod 0, connected at the other end of the beam P. An elongated slot, d, made in e tween the piston-rod and the beam P without any fear of straining the piston-rod O, which is of course carried in suitable bearings By journaling the frames 0 and K upon their respective axles I am able to locate the plows and flangers attached to them close to the rail, as the frames on which they are carried follow the curve of the road, as they are supported from the same axis as the wheels which follow or precede them.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The frame 0, journaled on the axle of the truck-wheel, and having plows D and scrape s E attached to it, in combination with mechanism to vertically adjust the said frame, as'specified.

2, The frame 0, provided with arms B, journaled on the axle A, and having plows D and r scrapers E attached toit, in combination with 3. A fianger connected to a frame or arm journaled on the truck-axle,and having a downeral adjustment of the latter will not affect the ward projection, 1), formed on the said flanger, beam,'in combination with the piston-rod C), p which extends outwardly beyond the outside connected to the beam P and working within of the truck-wheel, the frame K, provided'with the steamcylinder N, substantially as and for r 5 5 arms L, journaled 011 the axle M, in combinathe purpose specified.

tion with the mechanism for imparting the Orangeville, June 18, 1887. vertical adjustment to the said flangers, sub- 7 stantially as and for the purpose specified. LESLIE 4. The frame K, the beam P, the steanreyl- In presence 0f- 10 inder N, and the link Q, arranged to connect CHARLES C. BALDWIN,

the beam P with the frame K, so that the lat- J. M. JACKSON. 

